This week's poll was a suggestion from our member butako chan. Would you cosplay as a character from the opposite gender? Perhaps you already have. Or maybe you'll never cosplay at all... (I personally fall in this latter camp). But ya, poll away!
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: When you're sleep-deprived, it's mostly because of...
Choices:
Anime - votes: 659 (6.1%)
Manga - votes: 2248 (20.7%)
Movies / TV shows - votes: 290 (2.7%)
Other reading - votes: 608 (5.6%)
The Internet - votes: 2608 (24.1%)
Video games - votes: 974 (9%)
Music - votes: 37 (0.3%)
Neighbors / family / roommates - votes: 117 (1.1%)
Pet(s) - votes: 38 (0.4%)
Homework / studying - votes: 993 (9.2%)
Work / job - votes: 469 (4.3%)
Sports (including watching) / Exercising - votes: 35 (0.3%)
Partying / going out - votes: 129 (1.2%)
Pillow talk / (deep) conversation - votes: 98 (0.9%)
Too much noise around me - votes: 175 (1.6%)
I just can't sleep... / insomnia - votes: 1365 (12.6%)
There were 10843 total votes.
The poll ended: May 9th 2014
The Internet is just... so... addictive...
This week's poll from icassop is just a random one. For most people, there's just those times where you're deprived of your beauty sleep and probably feel really drained the next morning. What's the most common reason this happens to you? And my assumption is that no one always gets the perfect amount of sleep their entire life. I'm guessing it's a safe assumption.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Assuming your favorite series is on many mediums, and they're all good, but which do you enjoy the most?
Choices:
The manga - votes: 6361 (53.6%)
The anime - votes: 2489 (21%)
The light novel - votes: 879 (7.4%)
The game - votes: 287 (2.4%)
The live action movie - votes: 56 (0.5%)
I enjoy them all equally - votes: 1796 (15.1%)
There were 11868 total votes.
The poll ended: May 3rd 2014
Yes, a lot of people said they'd have picked the option where they'd enjoy the original the most, but I was trying to avoid that option in particular, hence not having it as a choice.
This week's poll is from our member psycho-shocker. I was struggling on how to word this one. Basically, take your favorite series. Now imagine there's an anime version, a manga version, a light novel version, and a live action movie version. They're all pretty good (so the anime doesn't have too many fillers, etc). Which medium do you think you'd enjoy the most for this series? Or maybe you like them all equally?
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Demographic you read the most?
Choices:
Shounen - votes: 3862 (27.4%)
Shoujo - votes: 2665 (18.9%)
Seinen - votes: 2395 (17%)
Josei - votes: 468 (3.3%)
Shoujo Ai - votes: 144 (1%)
Shounen Ai - votes: 231 (1.6%)
Hentai - votes: 563 (4%)
Lolicon - votes: 283 (2%)
Shotacon - votes: 78 (0.6%)
Yaoi - votes: 3012 (21.4%)
Yuri - votes: 385 (2.7%)
There were 14086 total votes.
The poll ended: April 25th 2014
Judging from the comments, this poll was quite divisive... I'm a bit surprised that josei is so much lower though (compared to the others of the first four choices).
This week's poll is from our member Eternal_rain. We're not asking what your favorite demographic is. Instead, which is your most read one? It's a slightly different question, although you may have the same answer for both.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you spend more time on anime or manga?
Choices:
I do both, but more anime - votes: 1993 (15.3%)
I do both, but more manga - votes: 7518 (57.7%)
About the same amount of time for both - votes: 1812 (13.9%)
I don't watch anime at all - votes: 1619 (12.4%)
I don't read manga at all - votes: 85 (0.7%)
There were 13027 total votes.
The poll ended: April 19th 2014
Well, we are MANGAupdates for a reason
This week's poll is by our member 8-3. In terms of the amount of time you spend with anime and manga (or I guess cartoons vs. graphic novels), which do you do more of? A typical anime episode is 22-ish minutes, while reading 18 pages of manga is about 5 min or less.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What form of entertainment has made you cry the most?
Choices:
Anime - votes: 2766 (24.6%)
Manga - votes: 2028 (18.1%)
Books / novels - votes: 1439 (12.8%)
Comics - votes: 36 (0.3%)
Movies - votes: 1923 (17.1%)
TV Series - votes: 622 (5.5%)
Video games - votes: 298 (2.7%)
Music - votes: 438 (3.9%)
Poetry - votes: 21 (0.2%)
Theatre - votes: 34 (0.3%)
Visual Arts (dance, magic, etc) - votes: 17 (0.2%)
Sports - votes: 61 (0.5%)
Parades / celebrations - votes: 8 (0.1%)
Fairs / expositions - votes: 9 (0.1%)
I don't cry - votes: 1527 (13.6%)
There were 11227 total votes.
The poll ended: April 11th 2014
Cry me a river
This week's poll is from Meer2703. Of the choices given, which form of entertainment enables you to cry the most? Personally, I'm gonna have to say novels. Reading Dumbledore die for the first time just killed me...
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Question: How old are you?
Choices:
10 or under - votes: 102 (0.5%)
11-13 - votes: 343 (1.6%)
14-17 - votes: 3015 (14.3%)
18-21 - votes: 6115 (29%)
22-25 - votes: 5684 (26.9%)
26-30 - votes: 3118 (14.8%)
31-35 - votes: 956 (4.5%)
36-40 - votes: 1160 (5.5%)
40-50 - votes: 271 (1.3%)
51-60 - votes: 95 (0.5%)
61+ - votes: 240 (1.1%)
There were 21099 total votes.
The poll ended: April 5th 2014
Quite a nice bell curve. Now I'm curious about how long some of us have been around MU... And a little tidbit: I didn't go back and double check this, but I think this has been our most popular poll ever. Probably because you can't possible disagree about your own age. And you also don't need to think which answer to choose.
In a few days is the infamous April Fools' Day (April 1st). At MU, we [color=red]WILL NOT[/color] tolerate any fake/joke releases being reported/announced to us (on any day, not just April Fools). If we, by accident, allow a fake release to get through, please report the mistake to us (either via a [sitelink=submit.html?act=add_change]Change Request[/sitelink] form, through the forum, post a comment in this news post, or you can email me at lambchopsil[at]mangaupdates[dot]com if you are not a registered member here).
As you have been warned against doing it, if we discover a person still attempting to post a joke release here, that person will be dealt with. Severe action will be taken upon that scanlation group.
Thank you for considering our request to remain as accurate as possible for our members.
Some people seem to think this news post is a joke or something similar. I assure you, I am being totally serious. Don't take it lightly.
And we can figure out if someone is trying to frame a group. We're not naive, so don't even try.
PS: Yes, I did an exact copy/paste from last year's warning. Too lazy to write up something new.
This week's poll from CuthienSilmeriel is very simply a demographics one. And yes, the age intervals aren't quite even, and this was done on purpose. Not much to discuss about this one...
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Question: With books (of all types), you are mostly the...
Choices:
Library type: why buy them when you can borrow? - votes: 1445 (13.5%)
Hoarder type: buy them but don't read most of them - votes: 1519 (14.2%)
Caring type: read and keep them with utmost care - votes: 3719 (34.8%)
Crazy type: buy and re-read them till they fall apart - votes: 1133 (10.6%)
Giver: most buy them to give as gifts - votes: 42 (0.4%)
Average: they're nothing special - votes: 685 (6.4%)
Profiteer: buy, (maybe) read, re-sell - votes: 68 (0.6%)
Electronic: E-books, man! - votes: 1810 (16.9%)
Hater: I hate books - votes: 262 (2.5%)
There were 10683 total votes.
The poll ended: March 28th 2014
Yay, care for your belongings!
This week's poll is from our member icassop. In general, what kind of book person are you? By the way, manga falls within books. Do you perhaps lean toward one side? Personally, I'm an avid reader. I love the high fantasy epics like Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones. I try to take care of my books though. No creasing the spines or underline words.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Question: Are you part of a scanlation group?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 727 (6.6%)
Used to be - votes: 1143 (10.4%)
No, but I want to try it out - votes: 1627 (14.8%)
No, since I don't feel qualified - votes: 5516 (50.2%)
Never have, never will - votes: 1969 (17.9%)
There were 10982 total votes.
The poll ended: March 21st 2014
Judging from the last time we ran this poll, we have less people scanlating now..
As suggested by Sapphiresky, we haven't done a similar poll since late 2005 (before we had weekly polls)! Back then, we had these results:
Question: Are you part of a scanlation team?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 486 (14.6%)
I want to be! - votes: 1163 (34.8%)
No - votes: 1691 (50.6%)
There were 3340 total votes.
The poll ended: November 26th 2005
Let's see what happens this time! For me, I used to be a very active proofreader and QCer, but I haven't done anything in the last 5-ish years. College makes you very busy... MU is the only contribution I make to the scene nowadays.
Edit, as Sapphiresky just pointed out to me, we actually did this back in 2009 also:
Question: Do you work in scanlations?
Choices:
Yes, and I love it - votes: 837 (9.3%)
Yes, and I hate my life - votes: 236 (2.6%)
No, but I'd like to - votes: 4430 (49.3%)
No, and I don't want to - votes: 2288 (25.5%)
I used to, but not anymore - votes: 760 (8.5%)
I'm just here to hand out C&Ds - votes: 436 (4.9%)
There were 8987 total votes.
The poll ended: May 2nd 2009
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Aggregate sites (Batoto, MangaHere, MangaFox, MangaReader, etc)
Choices:
I only use them to read manga (100%) - votes: 4936 (40.9%)
I use them more often than not (75%) - votes: 3416 (28.3%)
I use them half the time (50%) - votes: 1190 (9.9%)
I seldom use them (25%) - votes: 1744 (14.4%)
I never use them (0%) - votes: 795 (6.6%)
There were 12081 total votes.
The poll ended: March 14th 2014
Oh, how the world has changed in the last few years, for good or for ill
